Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby

"Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" is a 1944 jump blues by Louis Jordan and Billy Austin, a hit for Jordan and his Tympany Five. This page has the Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby chords and a backing track you can slow down, speed up and transpose.

Who wrote "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby"

Louis Jordan and Billy Austin wrote it together, words and music. Jordan introduced it in the 1944 film Follow the Boys, and his record with the Tympany Five became one of the big hits of that year. It is a song with a lyric, a comic plea built on the line of the title.

Recordings that made it a standard

• Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (Decca, 1944) — the original hit, with Jordan's alto saxophone and his half-spoken vocal.

The song stayed in the repertoire of swing and jump bands, and it gave its title to Jordan's music in the revue Five Guys Named Moe, where it is one of the numbers.